4-8 player hidden role dice game where you are a cultist, establishing your faction's rise to power. Fight over rituals and mythical monsters as you seek victory and control of the cult.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Digital Artbook Is Available and Production Update
over 4 years ago
– Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 11:21:47 PM
The digital artbook and short story are now available!
We already sent out an email for you to download your digital artbook but if you haven't seen it yet, please double check your junk and trash folders. If there is still an issue, you can download the file directly from the pledge manager, BackerKit. You will need to have pledged $5 or more during the campaign. If you missed it, we have now added the artbook and short story as an add-on.
If you have any comments on the artbook or short story, would love to hear them! Just please be careful of spoilers for those who haven't read the short story yet.
Production Update
Rulebooks are looking good and have been approved for their reprint. I am very happy with the quality of the printing and the material we chose for the rulebook.
For the playmats, during the reprinting process a decision was made to move to laser cutting instead of a traditional die cutting for the playmats. The benefits to this are:
Cutting is more consistent for component fit.
Very clean edges.
Precise placement of cuts.
The slight downside is that when you get a playmat in, you might need to shake it or wipe it down as during the laser cutting process you could potentially have some black dust/powder build up on the playmat.
Here are some pictures of the new playmats and what laser cutting can do.
New Mat Sample
New Mat Sample 2
New Mat Sample 3
Those are some clean cuts!
Happy Holidays
We hope everyone enjoys this time of year and we wish everyone Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas.
Until next time, where we should have some better information about freight and shipping.
-Sam Stockton
Cult Update and Happy Thanksgiving!
over 4 years ago
– Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 04:06:51 PM
Cult Update
We received advance copies for Cult of the Deep last week and after combing through the game we found some errors. These were significant enough we felt that it warranted a fix:
#1) The rulebook was printed matte on a paper stock that was inferior to what was desired. The manufacturer is fixing this and reprinting all of the rulebooks on the proper paper with a gloss finish. Part of this was making sure the rulebook is a quality component that will stand the test of use and re-use. Also, the matte finish and paper was causing the colors and text to be less defined making some things a little indistinct or even blurry.
#2) The playmats were printed using an older file and didn't have the corrections we had done for color and design finish. Those will have to be reprinted with the new updated file.
The Positive
The manufacturer has been fantastic at working through these issues and having an incredibly quick turnaround at resolving them.
The game itself looks fantastic. The cards, the boards, the tokens, and the insert are all great quality work.
What does this mean?
The game boxes and all of the components are printed and ready to go, except: the rulebook and the playmats. The rulebooks are being printed as we speak and will be done soon. The playmats will unfortunately take 4-5 weeks to print. We were fortunately able to get the process started last week but it will push back our dates to the following:
Game being loaded into containers and starting its journey to the various continents - December 28th, 2021
Arrival at various ports in order to be distributed - April6, 2022
Going through customs, unloading, and arriving at distribution and fulfillment centers - May11, 2022
Fulfillment and distribution start - May18, 2022
Locking in Your Address
In December we will be locking in mailing addresses in order to make sure the correct number of games are sent to the various parts of the world. So, please go into the Pledge Manager and make sure your address is correct.
Until next time...
-Sam Stockton-
Production Images, Timeline, Shipping
over 4 years ago
– Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 01:57:02 AM
Hello fellow cultists!
Today we wanted to share with you some images of Cult of the Deep in production!
Game Box
Wraiths and Sigils
Characters, Rituals, and Roles
It is exciting to finally see this thing come to full production!
Timelines
We were doing very well on keeping within our timeline. Our plan was to try and deliver the game before the end of the year. This is however not going to happen. With the production lag in China, the increase in shipping times due to crowding and bottle necks (like in the Los Angeles port for example), has lead us unable to get the game to you by the end of the year.
So it is with a heavy heart, we have to officially change our timeline to the following:
Game being loaded into containers and starting its journey to the various continents - December 2nd, 2021
Arrival at various ports in order to be distributed - March 2, 2022
Going through customs, unloading, and arriving at distribution and fulfillment centers - April 4, 2022
Fulfillment and distribution start - April 12, 2022
We are grateful for your support and for your patience. As a backer of a number of Kickstarters, it is painful to write this update. It is not what I wanted to see happen. Unfortunately, the world of shipping and manufacturing is a crazy place right now and it's only getting worse the closer we get to the Christmas holiday. Now things may clear up the closer we get to the end of the year but we will keep you updated.
Air Shipping?
We have looked at shipping Cult of the Deep through the air. Now, as a solution to shipping Cult of the Deep as a whole, we can't do it. The shipping of a single game of Cult of the Deep at bulk pricing is in the vicinity of $150 + taxes based on the destination country. Not going to work sadly for the game as a whole.
Now, we have had a couple of people inquire about doing this for their individual game. If you are interested, please contact us directly through Kickstarter or [email protected] and we can get you a rundown of the cost and what to expect. If going by air, you will get your game much sooner than if you have it shipped by boat. Note though that you will need to pay for the shipping of the game.
If you have any questions, please let us know.
Until next time...
Sam Stockton
Manufacturing is in Full Swing
over 4 years ago
– Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 12:34:53 PM
Manufacturing
Hello fellow cultists!
Manufacturing of Cult of the Deep is in full swing! Which means in hopefully a few weeks the manufacturing of the game will be completely done. We will then pack those boxes and get them ready for shipping.
Shipping
We are currently coordinating with our fulfillment partners to make sure they are ready when the game is finished and packed to be able to get those games to the port. Shipping is in a crazy place right now with ports backed up, driver shortages, etc. but we will do our very best to keep you in the loop and knowing where your games are in the system.
Feel free to post any questions you have and until next time...
-Sam Stockton-
Heading to Gencon 2021, Games Scheduled For Gencon Online
over 4 years ago
– Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 05:18:01 AM
Hello my fellow cultists!
We embark for Gencon in the morning but just wanted to hit you with a quick update.
We will be running a few games of Cult of the Deep at Gencon Online.
If you are interested in signing up, you can search for us in the online events or use this link:
If the sessions become full, we will be able to open up more sessions. Just send me a message if you want to play and we will help you get a game in.
Booth for Gencon
Just as a reminder, we will be at booth #2513 in the Exhibit Hall if you are going to Gencon in person. We are bringing Cult of the Deep demos, masks, gallons of sanitizer, and a good time! Stop by and say hi if you are there.
